Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
It is a shame that I did not go, but of course I live on the east coast. BUT I did listen to at least half of the entire event, and from what I listened to it was INSANE. The only thing they needed to fix was the MCs. I understand that it made sense and it was cool to have Lil Jon, Will.I.Am. MCing throughout the event, but they were only necessary during the DJ transitions or when they were playing songs they were involved. At times these guys were talking for a good 30 minutes during these sets, and it grew annoying. Check out my post below on the artists, a link to their set, and what I thought of them.
DJ Chuckie
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http://www.multiupload.com/2JWBAB3XVA
I only started listening to Electro/House/Dance music about a year ago and I can honestly say Chuckie was the gateway drug. So naturally I had to listen to his set. Chuckie did not disappoint either, he pulled out some really random songs out of nowhere throughout his entire set such as Eye of the Tiger and Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics). He also pulled out a nice short mashup of Pon De Floor with Day N Night, in which I wish he actually played a verse or chorus of the mashup because it sounded really good.
Will.I.Am
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http://www.multiupload.com/U9AK7Y0QV4
Will.I.Am did a solid job at DJing and MCing his own set but like other performances Will.I.Am is better off just getting the whole BEP crew and performing live. He is a solid DJ in terms that he can mix, but he is nothing special on the turntables. His song selection usually consists of BEP songs and songs you’ve probably already heard the other DJs play earlier so it is a performance that’s good but could be missed.
Laidback Luke
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This performance further proved why Laidback Luke is easily one of my favorite DJs. This entire set was pure energy driven beats, especially when he was playing his new single Till Tonight. Luke at a couple points even broke out into dubstep which was completely unexpected. After reading a few stories and hearing from a bunch of people, I don’t want to believe it but it seems not a lot of people (at least in the U.S.) know about Laidback Luke. Laidback Luke has been DJing since the late 90’s except over the past 3 years he has hopped a ton of fences to scramble up to the top DJs spot. Simply taking a quick scan of Beatport will show that Laidback Luke has a solid spot as one of the best DJs on the site. Keep an eye out for this guy, he definitely is apart of the present and future of electro.
Benny Benassi
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Benny Benassi to no one’s surprise was great. He played all of his hits from the new Afrojack remix of Satisfaction to his older classics like My Otherside (which he perfectly ended his set with). I really need to see Benny live, especially once his new album drops soon. The only thing that was bothering me during his set was that he had MCs for at least a solid 40 minutes of his set…which was ridiculous because they were yelling and amping up the crowd constantly…that may not seem like a bad thing at first, but after the first 3 minutes it really started to get annoying
Above & Beyond
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http://www.multiupload.com/4PUREBFBRH
To be 100% honest, I’m not the biggest fan of trance music. I don’t know if it’s just not my style or it’s just that I have yet to listen to it intensely. But I almost considered not listening to the rest of the performances after Benassi. But a friend of mines convinced me I should listen to it, so I did. Above & Beyond’s performance was even to me really well done. One thing I was questioning as Benny Benassi finished his set was how they were going to blend his Electro/House music into trance. I wish I knew the songs that Above & Beyond started with but it was perfect. There were several spots in which I really wanted to know what song they were playing, so I’m definitely going to be checking out the set’s list later on in the week. But this is coming from someone that does not listen to trance music…Above & Beyond put on a great show.
Armin van Buuren
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Like I stated above, trance isn’t my music of choice (could be in the future once it grows on me though), but being fully aware that AVB is considered widely as the best DJ alive now, I simply couldn’t miss the performance. AVB blew me away…yes I said it…I’m not a trance fan, but he blew me away. First off, AVB played Faithless…enough said. But the rest of his song selection was pretty insane. Now please do not take offense to my next comment but for a trance set, the first 20 minutes of AVB’s set was simply energetic. Usually I don’t get that pumped when I listen to trance, because it tends to be more relaxed than electro…but definitely not AVB’s set. It was 3AM when I was listening to it and I convinced myself to watch only the first 5 minutes of his set then pass out…I didn’t fall asleep until close to 4AM.
Here is the rest of the performances that I have yet to listen to…but I definitely will over the next couple days (it’s 2 days worth of music fyi)
Deadmau5 @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
http://www.multiupload.com/3FSWFCIZ0Z
Moby @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
http://www.multiupload.com/RT3YAA1PAU
Android Cartel @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
http://www.multiupload.com/E7AME9ONSW
BT @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
Basement Jaxx @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
Dirty South @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
http://www.multiupload.com/UJM5AB2TOB
Kaskade @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
http://www.multiupload.com/DPETGLCGEC
Swedish House Mafia @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
http://www.multiupload.com/WXKAC7P81Z
Joaquin Bamaca @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
Roger Sanchez @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
Sasha @ Electric Daisy Carnival 2010
Hope you enjoy these sets just as much as I will. I will see you at Electric Zoo!
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